Giry looked into the envelope with a lackluster eye, which soon recovered its brilliancy.
"Thousand-franc notes!" she cried.
"Yes, Mme.

Giry, thousand-franc notes! And you knew it!" "I, sir?
I?
...

I swear ..." "Don't swear, Mme.

Giry! ...

And now I will tell you the second reason why I sent for you.